Improvement in churns



lvADDISON M0111-, or PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY;

- l Letters vPatent No. 93,827, dated .August 17,718.6'9'.

' IMPROVEMENT IN cm'mNs. i v v The Schedule referred to in these Letter; Patent and lirlrakillgialt` 0f the' arme' i To all whoin timely concern: A

Be it known that I, ADDISON MOE, of Plainfield, in

- the county ,of Union, and.` State of New Jersey, have invented and made a newandfusefullmprovementin Gliurns; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and'exact description of the said invention, reference being hadfto the annexed drawing,

making part-'of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical sectionmof the said churn, and Figure 2 is a plan of theV sameg-"f'below the line a: x, the covers-being removed.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts. The object of f, this invention i'stoproduce violent agitation of' themilk or cream, and, at the. same time,

Asupply air into said cream, to aid inthe separation of the particles of butter. Y

The cream is prevented from splashing out at the top of theichurn, Iand a current f air is produced at the same point, to bring A,fresh atmospherevto "the churn, and to .prevent dust or foreign .-substancesfalling into the mouth of the churn.

ln'the drawingv i a a are the sides, and b, the bottom otffthe churn, that is here shown as rectangular or slightly pyramidal. The top of thechurn is itted with covers, c, sliding in grooves, 2 2. (See fig. 1;)v

Each of these covers extends half acrossthe churn, and is provided with a semicircnlar notch, so as to-form an opening into theV churn, around` the vertical spin' die d.

fvis'a step, at the vbottom of the churn, for the spindle d, -and g is a cross-bar, "supporting the upper end of said spindle and the hand-wheel -h, by means of which, and a belt, 3, to the pulley t, the spindle, and parts'carried by it, can be rapidly' rotated. i

The spindle di carries `the inclined or conical cap l, beneath which are the radial wings my, that act as fans,

to produce a` commotion of thel air near the opening vof the churn, and, bythe centrifugal action, prevent any foreign substance fallinginto the churn.

Within the churn, Aand around thespindle d,'is the I splash-catcher fn, andv from the bottom of this catcher 4 '11. the hollow armso o extend downward vand outward,v

and are formed Withjnclned ends, as seen 'at 4, so thatthe arms, as revolved-form the dasher, and the air is'drawn down 4through these arms o o, and escapes among the milk or cream, causing the 4more rapid formation of butter, and any milk or creamvthatotherwise might be thrown, by the ebullition and agitation, out of the churn, is caught in` the splash-catchenn,

v and runs hack through the armen;-l

What I claim, and desireto securefby Letters Patent is v 'he splash-catcher n, and arms o', formed With slant`- ing ends, and revolved with and by the'spindle d, vin combination with' the cap l, and Wings'fm, as' and for the purposes rset forth'.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature', this 29th day of June, A. D. 1869.` i

A y ADDISON MOE.

' Witnesseszl l F. M. BACON, f

L. W. SERRELL 

